Tag: the non-aligned movement

Jawaharlal Nehru was committed to western concept of liberalism and democracy, he did not approve of the military or economic alliances like NATO, CENTO, SEATO, etc.

The main objective of the NAM at the beginning was to keep away the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa from the superpower rivalry and to protect and preserve their newly acquired independence. The other important objectives of the NAM are the following:

The Non-Aligned Movement owes a lot to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In fact, India was the first country to initiate the policy of non-alignment, under the leadership of Nehru. Nehru had declared in the American Congress in 1949,"Where freedom is menaced or justice is threatened, or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral, our policy is not neutralist but one of active endeavour to preserve and if possible, establish peace on firm foundations".

The Non-Aligned movement was formally launched at its first summit held in September 1961 at Belgrade in Yugoslavia. It was attended by 25 Afro-Asian and one European country. Three Latin American countries participated as observers.

The Non-Aligned Movement owes a lot to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In fact, India was the first country to initiate the policy of non-alignment, under the leadership of Nehru. Nehru had declared in the American Congress in 1949 that"Where freedom is menaced or justice is threatened, or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral, our policy is not neutralist but one of active endeavour to preserve and if possible, establish peace on firm foundations".

The Non-Aligned Movement owes a lot to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In fact, India was the first country to initiate the policy of non-alignment, under the leadership of Nehru.

The main objective of the NAM at the beginning was to keep away the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa from the super power rivalry and to protect and preserve their newly acquired independence. The other important objectives of the NAM are the following:

• To eliminate all those causes which could lead to war.
• To protect the nascent freedom of the new-born independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination.
• To oppose colonialism imperialism and radial discrimination.
• To advocate sovereign equality of all states.

The main objective of the NAM at the beginning was to keep away the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa from the super power rivalry and to protect and preserve their newly acquired independence. The other important objectives of the NAM are the following:

• To eliminate all those causes which could lead to war.
• To protect the nascent freedom of the new-born independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination.
• To oppose colonialism imperialism and radial discrimination.
• To advocate sovereign equality of all states.
• To encourage friendly relations among countries.
  

• NAM has helped in easing of tension between the two power blocs and ultimately in bringing about the end of Cold War.
• NAM acted against the arms race of the superpowers during the Cold War years.
• NAM has supported the cause of International peace, justice, and freedom.